Welcome to my cyber conservatory, a glass-walled, tile-floored, plant-filled room overlooking the tiered gardens of my English country manor.OK, I really live in an ordinary house in Florida, but I can dream, can’t I?After all, that’s what romance writers do, so make yourself at home and join me as I discuss my life as a historical romance author, and life in general…
No power, but our generator is humming away (grinding away actually -- it sounds like a lawn mower) providing us with TV, refrigeration, a couple of lamps. ...
Got walloped by Wilma this morning. I'm exhausted, physically and emotionally, and my nerves have been stretched to the limit. In yesterday's blog I mentioned...
I don't usually pick my font colors according to anything but what catches my fancy on any particular day, but today my color is definitely "Storm Shutter Gray" --...
We are NOT doing this again. "This" being that spinning monster in the western Caribbean whose name begins with W and who, despite moving in the wrong direction completely...
Attended Margie Lawson's Empowering Characters' Emotions workshop yesterday and am happy to report that I found it not only fascinating but probably one of the most useful...
Ordered my King Tut tickets yesterday! Yea! I'm so excited!! We'll be going in December just after Christmas, which might be a crowded time but with such a...
Critiqued again today and I'm just bursting with new ideas. The best thing about having critique so often (every two weeks) is that it really keeps me...
I've been driving myself crazy since my last blog trying to remember a quote from a movie about putting too much emotion too early on in a story. I felt I'd done that in...
Couldn't keep putting it off -- housecleaning today. Argh!!! I hate it. Which is why I suddenly felt the irresistible urge to blog when I'm only half done vacuuming...
Not planning to accomplish much today as I'll be running around like a maniac. Lots of conflicting schedules. My one solace is that later on I'll be sitting in...
I love raining mornings, when the clouds are so gray and thick the house stays dark and the rain falls in sheets that mute everything outside. It doesn't get much more...
I was determined yesterday to sketch a pivotal scene in my WIP. The odds were against me. After all, it was a Saturday and, although the husband was out playing...
GOLF WIDOW? No, not really. My husband IS playing golf today, but I sent him off with my blessings to have a good time. Instead of our usual Saturday...
I have to explain about the jazz shoes I recently bought. I was buying ballet shoes for my daughter, and when I saw the jazz shoes I just had to have them. No, I...
The hurricane news is becoming the worst sort of déjà vu. Last year between August and September here in Florida we got hit several times, and if we weren't preparing...
Made it through another brush with yet another hurricane. Rita stayed well to the south of South Florida, so once again my area saw little else but some rain and a few...
Reviews...sigh. They're part of a writer's life. Can't avoid them, can't ignore them. And no doubt we put too much stock into them. But wouldn't we just...
So, my daughter announced to me the other day that Jane Eyre, which she has to read for an AP English class, is the worst, most boring book ever. MY...
Inspiration -- where does it come from? Usually from where you least expect. Sometimes just getting up from the computer and doing some mundane thing will get the brain working...
I find it amazing what a trip to the salon will do for one's outlook. This morning I was tired and draggy (didn't sleep well, what else is new), but now with a trim, a...
This is one of those amazing, great-to-be-alive days here in Florida. It's so vividly bright outside the shadows cast by the palms are midnight black, there's an...
I can't help it, I feel the need to clarify something I mentioned in my last entry. It has to do with writers having to alter their styles to keep up with changing...
Well, Francine has gone home. Her family came to get her earlier this afternoon and immediately we were relegated to a secondary place in her affections, as indeed it...
It's no secret that our government's response to the hurricane disaster has left a lot to be desired these past few days. Still, I'm happy to see that the private sector...
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